Scott Pruitt Resigns

The EPA administrator, mired in controversy, submitted his resignation to President Trump on Thursday. The president accepted his resignation.

By NTK Staff | 07.05.2018 @5:15pm

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday, according to a tweet from President Trump.

The embattled EPA director suffered from a near-constant barrage of negative press coverage surrounding various controversies during his time at the agency.

Those scandals eventually proved too much for Pruitt to endure in Trump’s Cabinet.

I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this. The Senate confirmed Deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will…

…on Monday assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright!